Paperback. Pub Date :2012-10-25 Pages: 320 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Group Argo by Antonio Mendez and Matt Baglio - the declassified CIA story behind the Oscar-winning film.WINNER OF BEST PICTURE AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS. THE BAFTAS AND THE GOLDEN GLOBES.Tehran. November 1979. Militant students stormed the American embassy and held sixty Americans captive for a gruelling 444 days. But until now the CIA has never revealed the twist to the Iran Hostage Crisis: six Americans escaped.The escape plot was run by Antonio Mendez. head of the CIAs extraction team and a master of disguise. Mendez came up with an idea so daring and potentially foolish that it seemed destined for Hollywood ... and indeed it was. He invented a fake sci-fi film called Argo (from the actual name of the CIA mission. a reference to Jason and the Argonauts). After announcing the production to the movi...

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